three years behind bars that's the demand of the prosecution as the trial of the pussy riot is drawing to a close in moscow it follows their controversial protest stunt in russia's of main cathedral. turkish and saudi fight is a said to have been captured in syria helping the rebels fight against president assad meanwhile in a new twist in the conflict civil servants are finding themselves a target for simply working for the government. and tolerance is put to the test in belgium as a candidate with mental health problems runs for public office of the critics it's nothing more than a publicist on top top stories this hour. online

on screen international news and comment live from our new center here in moscow prosecutors are demanding three year jail sentences for the members of a controversial feminist punk band pussy riot they staged a protest stunt in russia's main cathedral the women musicians are on trial accused of inciting religious hatred in a case that's caused a storm not only among the russian public but also abroad parties peta over takes up the story i should advise you his report does include images of a sexual nature. well we heard from both sides in this trial on tuesday the prosecution saying that they wanted three year jail sentences for each of the three women in the youth endurance themselves also addressing the old saying that the garish outfits that they were wearing walpole to they clownish altitude that they were hoping to call invade that they had no intention to say so offend the old

church the garish goldstein's of course the multicolored those in brightly colored clothing that they were wearing now the women will be back in the hall in the whedon's day as the trial continues so the question of just who all pussy riot and what they stand whole is shoot to go on and shoot to be asked many times after this trial what the outcome would have a verdict is handed down now seven months ago pussy riot were a relatively old school a punk rock collective more known for their gay were stunts they shocking stunts they including taking paulson inviting the media along to an old and a museum and one of the members of the group being filmed performing a six up with a chicken in a supermarket now of course they're making headlines around the world and especially here in russia where attention is focused on the schoolroom insane to moscow supporters home to pussy riot from all across the globe from the music industry the likes of staying. in the red hot chili peppers of old cold for these

three women to be acquitted seem politicians from the west from the united states and great britain from germany coming here to moscow to be present in the trial and give their judgments on what they think you should have relatively well known and legal proceedings around the world that representatives of a foreign government would have come to a trial and and give their opinions on it it's really just astonishing how much this is snowballed and gained media attention around the world given the nature. all of the demonstration which took place in russia's main cathedral left some people wondering what punishment if any these women should receive even president vladimir putin's weighed in saying that the women shouldn't be dealt with too harshly. well we have more reaction to the trial online including a plea for leniency from the queen of pop donor. while some finnish activists show

their support with a copycat protest targeting the largest orthodox church in western europe. also online just days after a u.s. army veteran goes on a shooting spree in a sikh temple the radical baptist church praises him for carrying out god's work all the details all netted r.t. dot com. syria says its forces have captured a group of military officers from turkey and saudi arabia in the flashpoint city of aleppo the group sort of run rebel combat operations against the syrian army the air in northern syria scene has been the scene of deadly fighting after rebels moved in from the outskirts last month early reports suggested the opposition has started to receive its first heavy weaponry from foreign allies via turkey and saudi arabia it was paying salaries for fighting against president assert. reports

from syria even those who are not involved in the country's stand off of living in constant fear for their lives. it's a fixture in any public office in syria whether you buy tickets or get a driving license president assad will be watching all. those working here it's not a political statement a sign that their company belongs to this day. and is now becoming a death mark karr in the increasing number of state employees. but. this call in the middle of the night cost here my brother. was one of syria's most experienced civil pilots years educated more than twenty thousand hours around the globe has come. home from the airport when gunmen attacked his car this. radical islamic sign says the worst enemy of radical islam since when you're well rounded

incapable of using your head here trying to estimate what's going on boy. his brother a plastic surgeon also received rats their family belongs to the alloway it's the same religious group as assad but they were never politically active. you said the way documents confirm syria's armed opposition has a hitlist scientists engineers doctors and civil servants on it. and what started as a battle against the regime now increasingly looks like a battle against the syrian state but there are around a million and a half of the country's civil servants are becoming targets doctors teachers many simple workers have all been kidnapped or assassinated for simply doing their work any government in the world where they seem a credit cannot has two distinct groups of people working for a political fox whose job is to keep the ruling party in power and civil servants to make sure that streets are cleaned and hospitals are running and in syria

regardless of that political affiliation civil servants are being targeted as a south sympathizers in damascus hospitals window blinds are permanently drawn now because of the scorching heat the fear of snipers a local doctor was kidnapped on his way from work a few months ago his family hasn't heard from him since his colleagues are now afraid of prevailing identities. all the syrian people are in danger children day old really farm workers civil servants doctors and scientists there are no exceptions over the fact that my life and the lives of all the syrian people are at tryst makes me tremble with fear along with fears for their safety syrian civil servants also have to deal with a much higher workload many now put in sixty hour weeks with barely a day off due to inflation their salaries have devalued as have their lives so i am not surprised to hear that some groups within the free syrian army are with those

people who are trying to make life better or orderly because at the end of the day if things get back to normal they will lose any support they will lose any attention from the media from the interchange it is in the interests. oh the subsections in the opposition to make things worse for people so that those people who are the silent majority join in the fight and round of wild attacks against they don't situations carry some of the high sentences and promptly can down as terrorism yet in syria for the sake of ousting one man millions of lives up to them the line that's not boycott artsy democrats because syria. there are unconfirmed reports of turkish military convoys across the syrian border and entered a city in the north of the country and had been threatening to invade its neighbor under the pretext of curbing what it called the terrorist threat is coming from kurdish groups in northern syria welcome and

a professor of international relations at bill can university believes a potential turkish strike on syria would open a pandora's box the problem is that the measures may. suppress a particular group but as a result the. turkish government seems to want to have it both ways it wants to see an ocean. but it doesn't want to see collapse of public order will not control the borders that seems to me to be simply a logical. action to shape the kaleidoscope more the pieces will come around and unfortunately for many turkish soldiers and police on ordinary civilians this is not a contradiction is coming home to haunt turkish territory as a conduit of support for the syrian rebels or the syrian army and other groups this one raises a security guard and look for total ones are the situation in syria as a whole or it's not at all clear that all these weapons will be returned to barracks or put in custody. this crew is traveling around syria

bring you all the latest of on twitter that was have fun discussions on what's going on by members of the opposite ends of the country's political spectrum you can check out the analysis reactions and comments right now on twitter. security leaks from the obama administration continue despite an ongoing into an investigation that seclude into the u.s. house intelligence committee agency's a no hoping to crack down with hall should punishment for those caught spinning information to the media so if he's going to check on explains the f.b.i. is on a hot believe kurtz they have interviewed current and former high level government officials from the white house the pentagon the national security agency and the cia all to reveal those who spilled the beans investigation has already kept a distinct chill over press coverage of national security issues as journalists here say agencies declined routine interview requests and refused to provide

background briefings on top of that the legislation is in the works in the us congress that would for example allow to strip the government employee of their position in punishment for on off the right sharing of information with the media so you have an assault on the first from both the government and the lawmaker a former assistant director of the cia's that everybody in the intelligence world agrees never have there been so many level leaks one has to what ministration is being so hard on leakers as this one we're talking about all kinds of the leaks about the administration's targeted killings. as it continues to illegally execute suspected terrorists abroad or leaks about government agencies sweeping surveillance capabilities that home field obama administration alone has prosecuted six government officials believe king information to the press more than all other paths that miss ration by earlier i spoke with one of them on this break that is

who once was a senior. executive of america's largest think how would you think you'd see then he blew the whistle on fraud and abuse with regard to the agency's secret surveillance program here's what he told me speaking truth to power is very dangerous in today's world the power elites. those in charge they don't like dirty linen being here they don't like the skeletons in the closet being seen. and they not only do they object to it they decide to turn it into criminal activity. i guess we have to point out that not all leaks start being criminalized because you have a type of the information that the government leaks deliberately to manage and control the discourse in the media so to say but any journalist would tell you that it's the on the rise that really helped reveal a sensitive story to the public otherwise journalists would just have to copy paste and reprint whatever the government decides to release to the press in washington

i'm going to check out. was to become of the programs to communications satellites become dangerous space junk no pose a potential threat to other space objects after their rockets fail to deliver them to their intended. there is mold of volcanoes in the banking world says of u.k. based banks they have tumbled around the deepest sense why i will explain in the business but it's empty it's all to do with a run on money laundering only led to the now more details about that. well that's still to come but first europe may be facing a torrent crisis with the far right and anti immigration rhetoric intensifying but it's at the other extreme in the belgian city again where politicians are being accused of being too tolerant along a man with mental disabilities to run for office all to use to as this report we're here and get the city in flanders known for its pretty medieval town center but it's also recently made headlines when a political party put

a. with mental disabilities on its candidate list for local elections meet d.d.a. pelham on the forty one year old candidate of the flemish christian democrats who's hoping to get a seat in ghent city council he admits he has difficulties in speaking and writing . yeah i've been active in community work for a living years our party slogan is everyone's included so i want to be given the chance to be counselor to express myself and help people with disabilities. he says he wants to encourage voluntary social work and make the city more accessible to people with handicaps by promoting the use of simple language this is just the single to do people in the end also people with disabilities can run for elections in our community. here in ghent so we can't ignore them you'd be hard pressed to find someone who'd say such people weren't part of society but some see

the party's move as inappropriate where public office is concerned raising questions of whether politicians have pushed the envelope too far this time he would like mechanics if he's physically disabled it's not ridiculous but he has mental disabilities so that's another question i have problems with reasoning when i think he's not capable of making decisions for other people i do voluntary work myself with mentally disabled people with him and got a lot of respect for them but they have to realize themselves that they're not able to do everything all of the other get residents like frederick i think it's really nothing more than a publicity stunt and i know it's difficult when you criticize such a nice and good guy but i don't want to criticize him in person i want to criticize his party for using him as a kind of political tool and to to get media attention in a time that we are close to do when the simple elections did you say is well aware of the criticism but as far as he's concerned for political i spend

a lot. energy campaigning the rest is up to voters. this won't just silly r t get in belgium. greece is struggling to curb the flow of illegal immigrants claiming scarce public funds more than sixteen hundred people will be kicked out of the country after the latest crackdown all part of an effort to save money in any way possible greece is sinking under his own debts but economist roger bootle believes leaving erosion is the only way the country can save itself and that full interview is coming up in the next hour here on r.t. in the meantime here's a brief preview. greats in my view need to get out of the year i cannot see any way in which this current policy of austerity is going to free any relief or slow the grinding process of trying to. take. decades because of our credit. i don't think possible to imagine a return to economic growth in the current setup by contrast with the euro breaks i

can imagine economic growth so far from being a disaster i think it could be the major step that leads to the restoration of growth in europe. the egyptian prime minister has reportedly been assaulted as he arrived at a funeral service for sixteen security guards killed in sunday's attack on the egypt israel border egypt's president mohamed morsi didn't attend a military funeral because of security concerns kyra accuse the israeli spy agency mossad of carrying out the deadly assault over the weekend. called the allegations nonsense and instead blamed is the missed militants journalist spoke to him a little earlier here in r.t. he believes that terrorists are taking advantage of egypt's weak security following its uprising. the attack was first of all. tensions between israel and egypt that's going to be. the answer is headed my end and second of all we have to get rid of these organizations that violence. and justify.

in the act itself as an ideological goal. there were moves in as. a responsible decision. should be trying to increase cooperation with israel in order to ensure that these kind of. terrorists are not able to carry out their plans so very absent opportunities for. closer together the islamists and especially do you have is that we're talking about you know have been for years. now what they're doing is taking advantage of the fact that there is an unstable situation in egypt but if you just live as we've seen now across the region egypt syria i mean all the other countries north africa and what we're going to see is chaos and that is what we're seeing unfortunately. but let's have a quick look at some other stories making headlines around the world to doings of left at least ten people dead in iraq in the latest incident

a bomb planted under many bus traveling south of the capital of baghdad detonated killing four people on monday six civilians became the victims of blasts in the same area as bomb explosions destroyed their houses this summer has been the bloodiest period in iraq since u.s. troops left the country citing the increased ability of the. anti regime demonstrators have continued their protests demanding the release of political prisoners tempers once again flared and fresh clashes with police are up to one serviceman was injured when his patrol was targeted with petrol bombs among the security forces used to gas and rubber bullets in an attempt to break up the. museum and been forced to close main roads and several airports after a volcano erupted in the center of all find and. started admitting ash and rocks into the sky last night covering the ground with a thick layer of dust a number of locals fled their homes to safety has been dormant for decades and experts are trying to assess if this is the beginning of

a new activity cycle. two communications satellites are now lost in space after a russian rocket failed to place them into orbit on monday experts admit they know pose a threat to other satellites and potentially the international space station ati's tom barton. proton rocket launches have been suspended while experts try to figure out precisely what did happen to cause the booster and it's to attach communications satellites to fail the greatest fear now is that this is a potentially dangerous piece of space junk despite assurances from russia's space agency that the international space station has no invasive maneuvers planned this is not a late fee is a possible collision after leaving the earth's atmosphere the boosters burned for seven seconds instead of the eight minutes plus that was intended this left the booster and its attached satellites floating at a lower orbit than was intended and now there's virtually no chance that they will

reach their intended orbit and will instead of benchley fall back to work and burn up this is ross cosmos is third such satellite launch in two years there are a string of errors last year including the failure of the mission to collect samples from the martian moon phobos under-supply rocket to the eye assess which fell back to worth their costly mistakes with satellites and equipment costing hundreds of millions of dollars to build and operate one of the communications satellites had been the first purchased from russia by indonesia all of this is a blow out attempts at restoring confidence in a once groundbreaking russian space industry. time now for the business roundup of all today's market action with katie there she is katie hello there yeah i'm going to get stuck in with wall street and then we'll start talking about scandal and of our goals in all sorts later so we've got gains across the board really as far as the u.s. markets are concerned now really

a lot of that is coming from corporate earnings really be thing expectations really speculation as well that global central banks will take steps to intervene is also helping investors feel more confident about the situation at the moment some of the biggest gain is there actually financials today with jay. morgan and bank of america posting healthy gains of over two percent also the second largest u.s. natural gas producer chesapeake is now over ten percent composed of territories to some big companies today really showing what they're made of we got the dow jones nearly half a percent up on the nasdaq around one percent opposed to us was european markets are concerned it was a choppy day of trade there up down all day long it's hard to keep track now and that was imposed today to coming out of the u.s. markets and that was because of industrial amount i thought you numbers they weren't quite as bad as what was expected tomorrow we're going to get some likely kind of signals as to whether we're going to see quantified easing or. we really

don't know. who on the line at the moment will the fed so we're also going to talk about what about those i promise you stand a chartered yes it was going on at one point we saw the stock losing every twenty percent and that's because it's been suspected of hiding tens of thousands of transactions with a draw which is subject to u.s. economic sanctions american financial regulations have said that the bank has loaned as much as two hundred fifty billion dollars over nearly a decade it's worth mentioning though that standard chartered they have denied these allegations but lay all risk of losing their u.s. banking license all right then that's going to the exchange rate as you can see the ruble is going to stop it today start trying to get some more of but it did lose out against the u.s. dollar and the european currencies it was on high in this session as of the sea the euro dollar the traders favorite pair as well as actually managing to gain some more we also had a time in as spanish boring cos they actually had

a bit of heat taken off them they have produced as a side they so want twenty four twenty five or it is going to the markets here most go see what happens when we finished up with gains actually volumes are incredibly low at this time of year is typically bankers go on holidays and all sorts of things also to mention the prices the gain as well we know you. there's a massive correlation between ok all right that's how the markets look then now temperatures have reached thirty degrees in moscow that hot hot day the same could be said today for parts of the arctic is well with the rice is also heating up to exploit its resources now russia's president vladimir putin has underlined that russia is boosting its that tip it is in the region as exactly will take nations to do as well as. details for us. to greener than you think this is the arctic temperatures this july top to those in moscow and rising on average twice as fast as and you where else in the world the record i smelled has

made the arctic's vast natural resources easier to get than ever before i know them they all want to be horrid off our planet oil and gas reserves and in fact that have been have a war their encounters and even china are eager to allay their quota five arctic countries russia norway denmark canada and the us have the right to explore waters up to three hundred seventy kilometers coasts but it's the central pullers zone that may now be up for grabs russia's already owns a vast arctic territory but there are concerns that this may unite the others against moscow's polar on visions most recently denmark is the last contender to send an expedition to the pole cold for developing their arctic according to a civilized manner of behavior and proposed a drilling moratorium in the central pullers zone this year old giant rosneft signed contracts to explore russia's arctic with america's x.

and marvel norway's startler and any billions of dollars is already pledged but much more will come when the pool is partitioned and the borders are set so the more businesses that come here the quick of its own chart of unforgiving this racial home through marriage or political battles will transform into a high tech economic hub that can put a core business are to the arctic. so for me and the rest of the business team into tomorrow bell will be up and awake eight thirty tomorrow of all the latest market action ok have a good rest of good night good to see a very that's a key building with all the business today now in a few moments we'll be looking at some spicier financial headlines for the kaiser report in just a few moments but first i'll be back with a recap of our top stories stay with us live this is altie in moscow.

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